According to Entrepreneur magazine, inventory management is one of the most important parts of a business, but it is often the least understood. Here are four ways to keep your warehouse continuously organized. (more…)
Category: inventory control
Business Distribution Services: Does Your Warehouse Have Everything it Needs?
Regardless of whether you’re a distributor about to launch a new product in your market, or the established business looking for viable distributors, in the end, you need to make sure your warehouse is set up right the first time. After all, if your business needs to provide time-sensitive goods to a customer base that considers on-time delivery a critical performance indicator, then properly setting up your warehouse isn’t just good for customers, it’s essential to your survival. So, what does your warehouse need to be ready? (more…)
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Whiteboard Wednesday: Inventory Turnover
Welcome to another installment in our long-running Whiteboard Wednesday series. In this video, James Shores explains why it’s important to pay attention to your inventory turnover ratio. (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.
Features You Should Look for in Inventory Control Software
Fishbowl has some amazing white papers you might be interested in. One of them talks about advanced inventory control features that small and medium-sized businesses should take advantage of.
These important features include: (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.
How Do I Get the Best Value for My Money with Inventory Control Software?
I’ve been answering complex inventory management questions for the past few weeks. I’ve already explained how to manage a warehouse and how to track inventory across multiple locations. (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.
How Much Time Could You Save with Inventory Control Software?
How much time could you save by using inventory control software to help you automate your business processes? We’ll answer that question, but first let’s talk about what inventory control is. (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.
Inventory Control Lesson: Lessen Your Inventory
One of the most valuable lessons you can learn when it comes to inventory control is how to optimize your inventory levels. For many companies this involves reducing the number of products they keep in stock. (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.
Whiteboard Wednesday: Replacing Bad Habits with Best Practices
Welcome to the newest installment of Fishbowl’s Whiteboard Wednesday. Each week we take a new concept and distill it into simple terms that make it easy to explain in both words and pictures. (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.
5 Easy-to-Execute Ways to Improve Your Inventory Control
Time and resources are maxed out in most businesses. As a result, tasks like improving inventory control are often delayed to the detriment of efficiency. Poor inventory control directly impacts the bottom line and erodes customer satisfaction in delivery of new products or replacement parts. (more…)
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How to Avoid Product Stockouts
Stockouts can be a big problem for companies because if you run out of products, you can miss out on sales. Your customers may start to think of you as unreliable and look elsewhere for the products they want.
Thankfully, you can prevent stockouts by using Fishbowl Inventory to track your stock levels and automatically reorder products when they get low. Not only that, but you can get reports on product sales, seasonal trends, and more. Fishbowl collects all sorts of information on when and where products are sold, and you can use that valuable data to make educated guesses on how many products to keep in stock at different times. (more…)
Robert Lockard is a copywriter with Fishbowl. He writes for several blogs about inventory management, manufacturing, QuickBooks, and small business. Fishbowl is the #1-requested manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks users. Robert enjoys running, reading, writing, spending time with his wife and children, and watching movies.